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Armed state security agents on October 24, 2013, in
the commercial capital, Lagos, barred journalists from covering the arraignment
of 17 suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group on charges of conspiracy
to commit terrorism, illegal possession of firearms, and being members of a proscribed
organization, according to news reports.

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On World Press Freedom Day last week,
Nigeria's Information Minister, Labaran Maku, publicly asserted that the
country's media "is one of the freest in the universe." On paper, Nigeria's
1999 Constitution
guarantees the freedom of the press to "uphold...the responsibility and
accountability of the government to the people." But seven journalists who
attempted to put this principle to practice on World Press Freedom Day
experienced a different reality -- one all too common for independent
journalists working in Africa's most populated nation.